El Dorado vs Rose Hill

A side-by-side comparison of El Dorado and Rose Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

El Dorado and Rose Hill are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

El Dorado has the higher population (12,882 vs 4,353 in Rose Hill). Rose Hill has the higher median household income ($98,827 vs $54,828 in El Dorado). Rose Hill has the higher median home value ($213,400 vs $113,800 in El Dorado).

Population, income & housing

	El Dorado	Rose Hill
Population	12,882	4,353
Median age	33.9 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,828	$98,827
Median home value	$113,800	$213,400
Median gross rent	$877	$998
Housing units	6,015	1,602
Homeownership rate	61.6%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Dorado	Rose Hill
Population	12,988 → 12,882 (-0.8%)	4,038 → 4,353 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$43,314 → $54,828 (+26.6%)	$75,491 → $98,827 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $113,800 (+28.6%)	$144,400 → $213,400 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $877 (+14.9%)	$1,058 → $998 (-5.7%)

El Dorado

Population

12,98812,882

Median household income

$43,314$54,828

Median home value

$88,500$113,800

Median gross rent

$763$877

Rose Hill

Population

4,0384,353

Median household income

$75,491$98,827

Median home value

$144,400$213,400

Median gross rent

$1,058$998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Dorado	Rose Hill
Under 5	9.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	22.1%
18 to 24	12.4%	11.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.5%
75 and over	6.8%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Dorado	Rose Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	79.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Dorado	Rose Hill
No high school diploma	5.9%	2.7%
High school graduate	31.6%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Dorado	Rose Hill
Drove alone	84.0%	87.1%
Carpooled	5.3%	2.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	9.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Dorado	Rose Hill
1-unit, detached	75.9%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.7%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	El Dorado	Rose Hill
Poverty rate	21.4%	0.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1958	1992